Apple’s officially calling this technology “ultra-fast wireless technology.” They aren’t saying as much, but this is all clearly meant to stop from being sued in countries without LTE standards, like what happened to Apple in Australia when they released it as the iPad with Wi-Fi and 4G. Most countries still don’t have true LTE, so they can’t make a big deal about that, hence the hedging.

Apple confirms that AT&T, Verizon and Sprint iPhone 5s will all have LTE. You’re only going to want the Verizon one.

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